"It's like the equivalent of having a stroke," he says. "You think, okay, the Americans are starving and poor and they're lynching people every day." The grocery store is one of the most powerful things to draw a distinction between the two systems,. He adds that when you look at just fruit and veggies -- certain kinds of fruit aren't available in Russia.

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